New additions to the Best Offers page
We always make an effort to keep our Best Credit Card Offers page up to date with the best offers available on a wide range of rewards credit cards. Regular readers know that we...
Delta Choice Benefits: Which to choose and when
Delta's Platinum and Diamond elite status levels include "Choice Benefits" in addition to many automatic perks. Platinum elites can choose one Choice Benefit each year they qualify, and Diamond elites can choose three. This...
The Hotel Loyalty Rollercoaster
Is IHG about to be the next big thing in hotel loyalty? Is Hilton actively trying to drive me away? Where are Choice and Marriott headed -- and is Hyatt still at the top?...
Hyatt’s Royal Palms Resort and Spa, Scottsdale: Bottom Line Review
My wife and I recently spent three nights at the Royal Palms Resort and Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona. We would have happily stayed much longer. We booked a premium suite for $183 plus 9,000...
Expanded Delta award availability via . . . Aeromexico?
A friend asked for some help planning an award strategy for a trip to Alaska. One thing led to another and I stumbled on a weird finding: Aeromexico has access to a lot more...
I’m excited about… IHG?! [On Greg’s Mind]
I'm excited about IHG! What?! I've never spoken or written that before. But, yesterday we learned about a number of positive changes coming to IHG credit cards, including the ability to add points to...
Keep score with the AA Loyalty Game Scorecard
Are you playing the AA Loyalty Point Game? If so, you'll want to grab a copy of our AA Loyalty Game Scorecard. The AA Loyalty Point game is all about earning high level American Airlines...
How to spend half a million Amex points
After becoming a Membership Rewards half-millionaire overnight thanks to buying a minivan, I took to daydreaming about just how much value could be squeezed out of the points. On this week's Frequent Miler on...
Hyatt’s Miraval Arizona Wellness Resort: Bottom Line Review
Recently, my wife and I spent four nights at the adults-only, almost all-inclusive, Miraval Arizona Wellness Resort. Usually the resort costs 65,000 Hyatt points per night for two, but we took advantage of Miraval's...
Buying a car with a credit card: How I drove away with half a...
Believe the hype: the used car market is hot right now. I just beat the heat by buying a car with a credit card and I earned so many points on my used car purchase...
Incredible vacations with half a million Membership Rewards points
We've written numerous times about the incredible offer available on the Platinum card from American Express. When applying through a special link from the restaurant reservation website Resy (found on our Platinum card page),...
Loews Ventana Canyon Tucson: Bottom Line Review
My wife and I visited Tucson specifically to go to Hyatt's Miraval resort, but we arrived two days before our Miraval stay. Originally I had used Marriott 50K certs to book a return to...
Bucket list awards
With Greg on vacation in the Arizona desert, this week we talked about bucket list awards -- the places we want to go or ways we want to get there using points and miles....
Is Hilton’s war on breakfast a big deal? (On Nick’s mind)
Rumor has it that Hilton will permanently replace "free breakfast" with its food & beverage credit. Is this the beginning of the end? A reader asked this question during our Youtube Live Ask Us...
